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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Epioblasma torulosa

nominal species Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820

Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma torulosa

Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 3: 355 [as ‘Potamilus gibbosus’]. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 315 [also as ‘Unio gibbosa’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 23, 58.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_20232, Riv. Ohio.

= Epioblasma torulosa

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Watters et al., 2009

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Williams et al., 2008

+ Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998

+ Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — R.I. Johnson, 1978

+ Dysnomia torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Burch, 1975

+ Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Haas, 1969

+ Dysnomia (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Frierson, 1927

+ Dysnomia (Pilea) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Truncilla torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) — Ortmann, 1918

+ Truncilla torulosa Raf. — Vanatta, 1915

+ — Simpson, 1914

+ — Simpson, 1900

+ Margaron (Unio) perplexus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Reeve, 1864

+ Unio torulosus (Raf.) — Conrad, 1853

= Unio (Dysnomia) gibbosus (Raf.) — Mörch, 1853

= Dysnomia gibbosa — Agassiz, 1852

+ Margaron (Unio) perplexus (Lea) — Lea, 1852

= Unio gibbosus Rafinesque — Küster, 1848

+ Margarita (Unio) perplexus Lea — Lea, 1838

= Unio gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1820) — Conrad, 1836

+ Margarita (Unio) perplexus (Lea, 1831) — Lea, 1836

= Unio gibbosus Raf. — Ferussac, 1835

= Amblema gibbosa — Rafinesque, 1820

= Potamilus gibbosus — Rafinesque, 1818